December 2010

Gearing up for Christmas? Or a big farewell to 2010? It usually involves food. Your most special recipes, your best efforts. By the end your kitchen is a wreck, strewn with the paraphernalia of a fine feast in the making to be shared with those we love. In the season of peace, joy and goodwill, […]

Last Wednesday, I woke up with a terrible cold and high fever. My usual modus operandi is to power through, keep going. Especially a couple of weeks before Christmas with school concerts, a major project to finalize, an important deadline looming, a house to decorate, family and friends to connect with, community service projects, the […]

To Get From Here: Our family has been trapped in the narrow rigidity of an old-school employer. Under the weight of an obscenely long commute, long hours including weekends, and a structure that regards any kind flexibility as a sign of weakness (precluding our children from spending much time with their father), I chose to […]

It’s no secret that I became a bit of an Admiral Mike Mullen groupie after he spoke at the Families and Work Institute’s Work Life Legacy Awards Dinner back in July 2010. OK, maybe a lot of a groupie. Then there’s my crush on Ted Childs. (still can’t do justice to the two hour interview […]